mingw-w64-pkg-config on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: July 02,2024

1. Install "mingw-w64-pkg-config" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install mingw-w64-pkg-config on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                mingw-w64-pkg-config
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall mingw-w64-pkg-config on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                mingw-w64-pkg-config
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "mingw-w64-pkg-config" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone mingw-w64-pkg-config's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/mingw-w64-pkg-config.git 
            
                        
                ~/mingw-w64-pkg-config
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/mingw-w64-pkg-config folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/mingw-w64-pkg-config
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mingw-w64-pkg-config package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 551097
Name: mingw-w64-pkg-config
PackageBaseID: 52216
PackageBase: mingw-w64-pkg-config
Version: 2-4
Description: Support pkg-config script (does not depend on any particular version of pkg-config). Useful for pkg-config powered cross-compiling with mingw-w64, see http://tinyurl.com/pkg-config-cross for more info
URL: http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/
NumVotes: 71
Popularity: 0.000278
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: xantares
Submitter:
FirstSubmitted: 1315320350
LastModified: 1539294485
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/mingw-w64-pkg-config.tar.gz